Tag: hantavirus

Early Monday morning, a couple who traveled on the MV Hondius—the cruise ship with a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak—were wheeled into Emory University Hospital’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit. They wore full protective gear, including hoods and gowns, as did the health care workers who greeted them. Television helicopters hovered overhead, tracking their movements, from their climb down the steps of the charter plane to their arrival in ambulances at their temporary medical home. But the concern turned out to be a false alarm—at least for now.